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Month: May 2026

(Video) – Braves face Tigers in final home match

It’s the last home match of the season for the Braves as they take on the Rock Springs Tigers with a 1 p.m. start time.

(Video) – Lady Braves Soccer host Rock Springs

The Star Valley girls host Rock Springs in the last regular-season match of the year at 11 a.m. at Braves Field. They will face Evanston in a 4A West regional play-in match next Wednesday in Jackson.

Star Valley Independent Letters to the Editor: May 6, 2026

The following Letters to the Editor appeared in the May 6, 2026 edition of the Star Valley Independent. Submit your own letter for future editions.   Editorial: A broken system is costing America trillions – I see it in Wyoming…

Independent Notes: The costs of health insurance.

  Health care continues to be a challenge across the state and for that matter, the nation. Rural areas of Wyoming are going through the challenges of keeping their hospitals open and maintaining services in cases where insurance coverage is…

Lincoln County Library Book Review: “One Golden Summer”

Review by Michelle Carollo, Lincoln County Library One Golden Summer by Carley Fortune is a nostalgic, emotional story about love, timing, and the way one summer can change everything. The novel centers on a woman who returns to a lakeside…

WHSAA considers eliminating programs, additional adjustments to activities, amid recalibration funding cuts

The following is a press release from the Wyoming High School Activities Association. SVI Media recently discussed this topic with LCSD#2 Superintendent Matt Erickson & Director of Finance JC Inskeep. Additional conversations are scheduled with Swift Creek High School Principal…

Sports Friday Interviews: Coach Chaulk and Coach Tynsky- Kemmerer Football and Volleyball

Kemmerer High School’s new football coach Sid Chaulk and new volleyball coach Corina Tynsky both called into First Bank of Wyoming Sports Friday to discuss taking over the programs and their plans between now and this fall.  

Star Valley Ranch town regulations become Etna classroom topic

The Town of Star Valley Ranch and Etna Elementary sixth graders combined for a learning opportunity in April. Students in Adele Helgesen’s sixth grade class studied, wrote and spoke to town regulations regarding chickens and ducks. “Ms. Helgesen reached out…

Yellowstone bear attack site was closed to spring hiking until 2024 to reduce human-grizzly conflicts

  • The bear management area was decommissioned ‘due to fewer ungulate carcasses and wildlife conflicts,’ Park Service officials announced two years ago.   By Mike Koshmrl, WyoFile.com Yellowstone National Park’s first reported bear attack of 2026 occurred in an…